Five-star United reap rich reward

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THERE was always likely to be embarrassment for one team at Old Trafford last night, but, as expected, it was suffered not by the aristocrats of European football but a bunch of journeymen players from Hungary. Defeat in the first leg of this qualifying tie had raised the spectre of humiliation for Manchester United, but they reasserted themselves with one of the most one-sided victories seen for years at the Theatre of Dreams to secure a place in the first group stage of the Champions League.

Chastened by the loss in Budapest, United almost issued the ultimate riposte to Zalaegerszeg